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Further Observations of the Structure of the Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region from Limb and Disk Intensities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. M. Burton ,
C. Jordan ,
A. Ridgeley  and
R. Wilson
W. M. Burton
Affiliation:
SRC Astrophysics Research Division of the Radio and Space Research Station, Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Berkshire, England
C. Jordan
Affiliation:
SRC Astrophysics Research Division of the Radio and Space Research Station, Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Berkshire, England
A. Ridgeley
Affiliation:
SRC Astrophysics Research Division of the Radio and Space Research Station, Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Berkshire, England
R. Wilson
Affiliation:
SRC Astrophysics Research Division of the Radio and Space Research Station, Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Berkshire, England

Abstract

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Further observations of limb and disk intensity ratios of emission lines in the EUV solar spectrum were obtained on a Skylark rocket flight on 5 August 1971. Analysis of the data has shown that the observations support the existence of a steep rise in temperature in the transition region between Te ~ 6 × 104 K and 3 × 105 K. The average absolute height of the transition region above the visible limb has been measured with a greater accuracy than previously possible and is 1700 km ± 700 km. An independent method using arc-length measurements of spectrum lines gives an absolute height of 2100 km ± 850 km. Emission from lines which are optically thick in spicules is observed to extend to heights of 10000 km above the transition region. The observed decrease of Fen emission with height is consistent with current spicule statistics.

Type
Part III: The Upper Chromosphere
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 56: Chromospheric Fine Structure , 1974 , pp. 89 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

References

Burton, W. M., Jordan, C., Ridgeley, A., and Wilson, R.: 1973, Astron. Astrophys. 27, 101.Google Scholar